The Game Census
Steel Empire cover art

Steel Empire

mebius. · 2018-09-13

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 31, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Sep 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Steel Empire is a steam punk shoot'em up game featuring a frantic combat filled with powerful enemies and insane obstacles. Enjoy a beautiful world and retro game-play as you dodge and shoot your way through classical stages to fight the evil empire!

0
playing now
77%
positive of 113 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Steel Empire is a horizontally scrolling shooter released on the Sega Genesis in 1992. Versions for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 3DS were released in 2004 and 2014, respectively. The game was released on the Nintendo Switch at the end of July 2025.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 67% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-02-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492018-09-132026-07-242018-09-13 — best price $10.042018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $5.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-03-12 — best price $7.492020-05-06 — best price $14.992020-08-17 — best price $2.992020-10-19 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-08-18 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-04-24 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-09 — best price $11.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-31 — best price $14.992026-02-16 — best price $14.992026-04-05 — best price $11.242026-05-09 — best price $14.992026-07-17 — best price $11.242026-07-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DDramaIndieRetroActionCasualClassicSteampunkAtmosphericShoot 'Em Up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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